venison: [13] Latin vēnātiō meant ‘hunting’, hence ‘hunted animals, game’ (it was derived from vēnārī ‘hunt’, which may be distantly related to English win). English acquired it via Old French venison in the sense ‘flesh of hunted animals used for food’, and the modern specialization to ‘deer-meat’ did not begin to emerge until the 18th century.
venison (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French venesoun "meat of large game," especially deer or boar, also "a hunt," from Latin venationem (nominative venatio) "a hunt, hunting, the chase," also "game as the product of the hunt," from venatus, past participle of venari "to hunt, pursue," probably from PIE *wen-a-, from root *wen- (1) "to strive for, desire" (see Venus).
雙語例句
1. Some of the commercially produced venison resembles beef in flavour.
有些商業化養殖的鹿肉味道和牛肉很相似。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The gentlemen and ladies feasted on venison.
先生太太們享用了鹿肉.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. His appetite for venison seems to be inappeasable.
他對鹿肉的嗜好似乎是永遠無法滿足.
來自辭典例句
4. The guards occasionally improved their rather sparse rations by the addition of a little venison.
這些衛兵時而要弄點鹿肉來改善一下那低劣的伙食.
來自辭典例句
5. The hunter entertained us with venison which was very delicious.